LIAM MOWER As BILLY ELLIOT ‘Electricity’ 2005

May 2005, Victoria Palace, London.
Liam Mower was one of the three original alternating Billys in the London production of “Billy Elliot,” which just closed after an eleven-year run.
Mower was the one of the three that got most of the critics’ reviews as well as the cast recording.
Mower returned to the London production to dance the role of Older Billy when the show was transmitted to movie theatres and then released on DVD/Blu-Ray.

I want to know who the cameraman / -woman was.
How was it posible to zoom in so perfectly?
Wasn’t this a public show?
(At some plays, one sees the professional cameras at the front, but where
are the films?)﻿

This entire performance is really perfect. The father I also think really
was perfect in his expressions.. almost a fear.. Liam Mower…. what can
one write…The precision, the vocals, the acting. ALL there.. It’s gentle
where it needs to be and pointed and fierce where it needs to be. Mower
really nailed this role. I prefer this style versus the shouty types one
hears in the Billy character. And also this dance number is better than
seemingly altered versions. One believes this child is goingto be a strong
ballet adult male dancer.﻿

The thing with the Billy Elliot role is it demands so many different
talents that no matter how good any one Billy is there is always another
Billy who sang better or was better at the ballet or the tap or the acting
or the singing or was cuter or more suited to the role. The Billy I saw in
Boston had outgrown the role and it ruined the whole show for me.
Fortunately, I returned two nights later and saw a perfect performance by a
perfect Billy — Ben Cook. But was his “Electricity” as thrilling as Kiril
Kulish’s? Of course not. There’s an Italian saying: “All comparisons are
odious.” It’s never been truer than when comparing Billy Elliots.﻿